METROPOLIS

For Planners & Designers

Use the platform as a practical evaluation environment: faster alternatives testing, clearer trade-offs, and stronger client decisions.

What This Solves for Planning Teams

Planning teams are expected to evaluate more options in less time, while keeping decisions defensible. This platform helps you run structured comparisons quickly without overselling certainty.

Current scope depends on the city workspace and available models. This guide focuses on practical workflows you can run today.

Core Value for Planners

Faster evaluation loops

Move from long back-and-forth analysis cycles to quick scenario checks that fit design timelines.

Example: Cut a 3-day alternatives report down to a 2-hour comparison session.

Clear alternative comparison

Review multiple options side by side with consistent assumptions and outputs.

Example: Compare two massing options for a 12-acre site in under 5 minutes.

Better client conversations

Explain trade-offs visually and with data, so decisions are easier to align around.

Example: Share a scenario with a municipality and gather comments directly on the map.

Design in real city context

Test concepts against urban conditions rather than isolated geometry.

More confidence in recommendations

Support planning narratives with transparent model runs and documented rationale.

Reduced manual reporting overhead

Keep results, versions, and comparison logic in one place for easier handoff.

Planner Workflow

01
Start from a site and planning brief

Open a city twin and define your project boundary.

02
Build or import design alternatives

Create named scenario branches for each option you want to test.

03
Run selected analysis tools

Apply walkability, solar, density, or mobility tools to each scenario.

04
Compare outputs

Review side-by-side indicator results and discuss trade-offs with the client.

05
Publish a decision-ready package

Refine the preferred scenario and share a documented, version-locked result.

Working with Other Stakeholders

Planners, municipalities, model creators, and residents can discuss the same scenarios on one platform. That shared context reduces the translation overhead between design intent and civic decision-making.

  • Reuse methods from peer planners instead of reinventing every evaluation framework.
  • Bring model creators into real planning feedback loops early.
  • Present options to public audiences in a clearer and more inclusive format.

Example: Share a scenario with a municipality and gather comments directly on the map.

Ready to start?

Choose one ongoing project and run a two-alternative comparison as your first workflow. Most planners complete their first scenario comparison in under 30 minutes.

Further Resources

These articles are planned and will be published as documentation matures.

  • Planner Quickstart coming soon
  • Scenario Comparison Method coming soon
  • Client Communication Templates coming soon
Typical planner session
Scenario setup~5 min
Run 2 tools~10 min
Compare outputs~10 min
Share with client~2 min
Total~27 min